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NegativeBustAug 22, 2026FantasyPros Articles
Fannin is overpriced at ADP 65.33 (TE5) due to massive target competition after the Browns drafted KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston. He averaged 9.3 PPR fantasy points per game in contests with seven or fewer targets but 16.9 fantasy points per game in contests with eight or more targets, showing heavy target-dependent production. The source prefers Tyler Warren a few picks earlier or Sam LaPorta (TE8) nearly two rounds later over Fannin.
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PositiveRoleAug 21, 2026Yahoo Fantasy Football
Fannin's role continued to grow as his rookie year went on and David Njoku is now gone. Cleveland added KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston at receiver, so the target tree is not empty, but Fannin has already shown he can operate from multiple spots and create after the catch. At basically the same ADP cost as Pitts (71 vs. 73), the source prefers Fannin because he is not competing with the best running back in football (Jahmyr Gibbs) and a top-10 receiver on the outside (Amon-Ra St. Brown) like Pitts is in Detroit.
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PositiveBustAug 20, 2026FantasyPros Articles
Derek Brown avoids Fannin despite his TE8 rookie season, citing concerns about target competition from Denzel Boston and KC Concepcion plus quarterback concerns in Cleveland. While Fannin ranked 5th in target share (19.4%), 12th in receiving yards per game (45.7), 12th in yards per route run (1.81), and 4th in first-read share (22.3%) among 54 qualifying tight ends last year, Brown expects his first-read share to dip in 2026 and projects him as a low-end TE1 at best, making him overvalued at current ADP.
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PositiveBreakoutAug 19, 2026Fantasy Points Fantasy Football
Scott Barrett identifies Harold Fannon Jr. as a high-upside breakout candidate, noting he was a historically great prospect pre-draft and is one of the league's hardest tight ends to tackle. Despite playing in a poor offense, his rookie stats were comparable to Colston Loveland and Tyler Warren; Barrett highlights that the four-round ADP gap between Fannon and Loveland is unjustified given their similar performance metrics over the final 16 quarters of the season.
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NegativeBreakoutAug 19, 2026Yahoo Fantasy Football
Broke out for 72 receptions, 731 yards, and 6 touchdowns as a rookie last season and proved to be one of the best target earners at his position on a per-route basis; his 0.247 targets per route run narrowly beat out Trey McBride for the best TPRR of any tight end (min. 50 targets), while his 30.6 missed tackles forced rate led the position by a very wide margin; the Browns have plenty of concern at quarterback, but Fannin thrived despite drawing targets from a forgettable cast of signal-callers last year; assuming head coach Todd Monken still has plans to heavily feature Fannin in the passing game, last year's TE8 could see notable improvements on last year's performance.
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PositiveSleeperAug 19, 2026NBC Sports Rotoworld
Broke out for 72 receptions, 731 yards, and 6 touchdowns as a rookie in 2025 and proved to be one of the best target earners at his position on a per-route basis; his 0.247 targets per route run narrowly beat out Trey McBride for the best TPRR of any tight end (min. 50 targets), while his 30.6 missed tackles forced rate led the position by a very wide margin; despite the Browns' quarterback concerns, Fannin thrived drawing targets from a forgettable cast of signal-callers; assuming Todd Monken continues to heavily feature him, last year's TE8 could see notable improvements.
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NegativeProjectionAug 18, 2026Dawgs By Nature
Fannin is more of a large receiver than a traditional tight end with the background to become a league leader; he led the nation in receiving yards (1,555) and receptions (117) in his senior year of college. His rookie numbers were decent with 107 targets, 72 receptions for 731 yards, 32 first-down conversions, and six touchdowns. Like Judkins, Fannin has only been in the league one year and will need to get a ton of production as a sophomore before being considered as the face of the franchise.
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NegativeProjectionAug 18, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL
Fannin is more of a large receiver than a traditional tight end and led the nation in receiving yards (1,555) and receptions (117) in his senior year of college. As a rookie, he had 107 targets, 72 receptions for 731 yards, 32 first-down conversions, and six touchdowns. However, like Judkins, he has only been in the league one year and will need to get a ton of production as a sophomore before being considered as the face of the franchise, similar to how Travis Kelce has had six seasons over 1,000 yards and 11 Pro Bowls.
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PositiveProjectionAug 18, 2026ESPN Fantasy Football
Fannin finished as the No. 6 tight end last season as a rookie, catching 72 passes for 731 yards and six touchdowns while leading the Browns in targets, receptions, yards and receiving touchdowns. His 107 targets ranked eighth all time by a rookie tight end. David Njoku departed in the offseason, leaving Fannin alone atop the depth chart. New head coach Todd Monken has consistently featured tight ends, from Brock Bowers at Georgia to Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely with the Baltimore Ravens. Fannin has already produced in a bad offense, and his role could be even bigger in Year 2, regardless of who's under center for the Browns.
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NegativeProjectionAug 17, 2026NBC Sports Rotoworld
Fannin set single-season FBS records for tight end catches (117) and yards (1,555) at Bowling Green, then scored the sixth most rookie tight end PPR points of all time with Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders as his quarterbacks. He's going as the TE7. Fannin is in danger of downgrading that disastrous quarterback situation while his target competition has been upgraded with first-round receiver KC Concepcion and second-rounder Denzel Boston. However, fellow seam stretcher David Njoku has been subtracted and new head coach and play-caller Todd Monken has been added. Monken wasn't stripped of play-calling duties twice in the past three years like Kevin Stefanski, making him quite possibly a big upgrade. There are legitimate reasons to worry Fannin will take a step back as a sophomore, but he's produced at Bowling Green and with a walking meme trio as quarterbacks. He's potentially a special player, and those don't usually go in the sixth round.
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